Recovery Pattern of Overcorrection after Intermittent Exotropia Surgery.

Purpose: To assess the factors which are related to recovery time from overcorrection that occurred immediately after surgery. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of intermittent exotropia patients who had undergone bilateral lateral rectus muscle recession from February 2002 to July 2004. Fifty patients who developed overcorrection of less than 20 PD on the immediate postoperative day were included in this study. Age at surgery, sex,...